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03056aam a2200469 i 4500 001 56A477E46B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 130807s2013 mduab b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2013029603 020 $a 1612512801 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781612512808 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)843532429 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d WIH $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-pk--- $a a-ii--- $a a-pk--- 050 10 $a DS392.N67 H55 2013 082 00 $a 940.54/8673 $2 23 084 $a HIS027150 $a HIS027000 $a HIS027150 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Hill, George J., $d 1932- 245 10 $a Proceed to Peshawar : $b the story of a U.S. Navy intelligence mission on the Afghan border, 1943 / $c George J. Hill, Captain, Medical Corps, USNR (Ret.). 246 30 $a Story of a U.S. Navy intelligence mission on the Afghan border, 1943 264 1 $a Annapolis, MD : $b Naval Institute Press, $c [2013] 300 $a 229 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Proceed to Peshawar is a story of adventure in the Hindu Kush Mountains and of a previously untold military and naval intelligence mission during World War II by two American officers along 800 miles of the Durand Line, the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. They passed through the tribal areas and the princely states of the North-West Frontier Province, and into Baluchistan. This appears to be the first time that any American officials were permitted to travel for any distance along either side of the Durand Line. Many British political and military officers believed that India would soon be free, and that the Great Game between Russia and Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries would then come to an end. Some of them thought that the United States should, and would, assume Britain's role in Central Asia, and they wanted to introduce America to this ancient contest. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 651 0 $a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) $x History, Military. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Military intelligence $z United States. 600 10 $a Enders, Gordon B. $q (Gordon Bandy) 600 10 $a Zimmermann, Albert Walter. 650 0 $a Military intelligence $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Intelligence officers $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / Naval. $2 bisacsh 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hill, George J. $t Proceed to Peshawar $d Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, 2013 $z 9781612513287 $w (DLC) 2013037129 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1427/2735888/image/lgcover.4319470.jpg 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826084157.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=56A477E46B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search